The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

At dawn the next day, the sleeping people got up one after another, and the angels who had surrounded the big tent made way for them.

Behind the angels, dozens of nameless and fresh corpses appeared.

But before these corpses could scare the people, Aiden brought the security guards and the recruited porters to move the corpses away.

As a sheriff, Aiden naturally heard about what happened last night.

But what he didn't expect was that there was no follow-up after this incident.

Xu Lai did not take any action, neither did he gather troops to find trouble with anyone, nor did he conduct a large-scale search.

In fact, he did not even follow the most basic form, not only did he not arrest anyone, he didn't even ask anyone for questioning.

As the sheriff, in theory, any public security incidents in the city should be the responsibility of Aiden.

From small thefts to big robberies and murders, what happened last night already included everything.

Ordinary people only knew that Xu Lai had been assassinated. He and his security guards knew that more than a dozen bodies had been dragged out of the City of Holy Angels.

Aiden was not a security officer before, but as a veteran mercenary leader, his subordinates were all mercenaries who had been hanging around in Lionheart City for a long time.

They had seen far more monsters than most people imagined.

Even many of them had dealt with them before. Even the most honest mercenaries sometimes had to do something shady.

Many people have recognized that most of those dragged out of the City of Holy Angels were big thieves who had once had a great reputation in Lionheart City.

Needless to say, those in the square were all killers. Although not many people had seen them, their reputations were still very wide.

As the leader, Aiden knew a little more.

He knew very well that many of these so-called famous big thieves and killers were protected by someone.

These thieves and killers do some dirty work for the masterminds, and the masterminds provide them with shelter.

Otherwise, Lionheart City is the royal city and the capital, and there is also the Holy Angel City and the Pope, how could they not be caught?

It is understandable that one or two people with superb skills and strong vigilance cannot be caught, but so many famous thieves are a slap in the face of the imperial family.

Therefore, not only Aiden, who knows a little about the inside story, but even ordinary people can guess which groups are behind the scenes.

After Aiden cleaned up all the bodies, he was a little worried and went to find Xu Lai again.

"Your Majesty, I know some clues about those killers and thieves. How about I lead a team to check it out today?"

Xu Lai not only successfully seized control of the city, but also successfully survived this assassination.

For Aiden, this is enough to prove Xu Lai's strength.

Moreover, as a mercenary, Aiden has a wide range of sources of information.

Ordinary civilians may not have heard of the Eagle Kingdom, but Aiden has heard of it, although he doesn't know much about it.

But the king of a country, and he promoted himself as soon as he entered the city, Aiden felt that he should do something even if he took some risks.

The sheriff of the royal city can't be considered a small role. When the empire was still there, it was like a step to heaven.

Xu Lai looked at Aiden deeply and asked, "Clue, do you know who hired them?"

Aiden opened his mouth but didn't speak. Instead, he closed his mouth and thought about it again and again before answering Xu Lai's question.

"Your Majesty, I don't know who hired them, but there are not many people who have the conditions and ability to hire them.

If I check one by one, I will definitely give you an answer before nightfall today!"

The head of a country was assassinated but there was no movement at all. This is wrong and abnormal.

Xu Lai thought for a moment and said, "Okay, as a sheriff, this is also your job.

Go and check it, but don't take it too seriously. Your primary task now is still to clear the threats in the city and protect the safety of the people.

As for the assassination, you can put it aside for a while and check it slowly. Don't worry."

Aiden was stunned and looked at Xu Lai with a puzzled look.

Xu Lai patted his shoulder and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not lying to you.

You must distinguish the primary and secondary when doing things. I am still a little confident about my personal safety, but the plague and the undead will not wait for us.

You can check it slowly. Don't make it public if you find anything. Just come and report to me directly."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do it well."

As soon as Aiden left, Yu Lan told him that Zou Jie was still waiting outside his newly set up tent.

Xu Lai thought about it. He had just met Aiden and met Zou Jie again. Zou Jie and himself were from the same place.

"Forget it, I won't see him. Tell him I have nothing to do and let him listen to Aiden's arrangements today."

Xu Lai still did not move into the palace, but placed the temporary camp in the Holy Angel City.

It would be difficult to put his more than 3,000 royal griffins and hundreds of angels of various colors in other places.

Although only ruins were left in the Holy Angel City, many of the city walls were still intact and easy to guard.

Besides, this place is spacious enough, and he is also an honorary knight of the God of War, carrying a large number of angels, so it is more appropriate to move into the Holy Angel City.

Yu Lan helped him deal with external affairs all morning.

Whether it was the discovery of large-scale demon traces that needed support, or the major professions recruited in the morning, how to arrange.

Xu Lai just threw it away and became a hands-off shopkeeper.

Of course, he was not idle. In the whole morning, he went to the treasury twice and absorbed the things in the treasury into the warehouse ring.

He also went to the square twice and put out supplies twice to supply breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole city.

Xu Lai's food is all grown in the grassland area where grain is not produced. It can't be wasted.

Therefore, after yesterday's disaster relief, Yu Lan issued new regulations this morning.

Workers can enjoy three meals a day, and every meal has meat to supplement enough physical strength and nutrition.

Non-workers, including the elderly and children, have two meals a day, and the meal time is after the workers, from 9 to 10 in the morning and from 3 to 4 in the afternoon.

In addition, workers will also receive a certain salary.

However, there is a lack of enough clerks now. The leaders of each team will be responsible for unified records, and Yu Lan will send people to check and spot check every day.

If anyone is found to have deliberately made mistakes in the records or embezzled money, he will be put in the dungeon first and tried after the city order is stabilized.

Laborers include security guards, mercenaries, porters, cleaners, cooks, etc.

There are also clerks recruited by Yu Lan for herself, as well as some old low-level officials, and even a large number of priest apprentices.

As people with certain knowledge and territorial ability, they will be paid higher.

The Holy City was breached, and not all priests could be teleported away. The Pope was almost exhausted at that time.

Most of the priests left behind were killed, and a few escaped from the Holy City.

Others did not recognize Xu Lai's identity as an honorary knight, but these priests and priest apprentices absolutely recognized it.

Because Xu Lai's identity was absolutely true and recorded in the archives.

What's more, the temple selected many priests at that time and asked them to go directly to Qingfeng City to form a new temple.

At the same time, Xu Lai was also the one who erected the statue of the God of War. Such a major event that would benefit the entire human empire would definitely be publicized inside the temple.

As for whether other places would publicize it, it still depends on the rulers of these places.

Even the Northern Empire, which had the best relationship with Xu Lai, just let it go and never actively publicized it, let alone other places.

If there was no God of War, I'm afraid that the other empires would have erected their own statues of the God of War and taken away the credit.

This group of people supported Xu Lai the most, and Xu Lai also transferred them all to the Holy Angel City.

Of course, it was a completely different location from the treasury.

For the rest of the morning, Xu Lai took Elvy and this group of priests to clean up the Holy Angel City.

This city was completely unsightly, and all the decorations and supplies could not escape the attack of the fire.

The only thing left was the ruins.

But if they were to pick it up a little, it would still be acceptable.

Taking time to preach to the believers, pray for blessings, purify the body and mind, purify the corpse, dispel evil, and treat diseases, it is very effective.

In the afternoon, Xu Lai finally got rid of his lower body from the porters.

There is no way, there are not enough manpower, too short.

The more than 3,000 royal griffins are obviously an important force, but no one can take them out to fight.

Yu Lan alone is really overwhelmed.

Moreover, she is carrying more than 100 sin angels and evil angels, and her combat power is enough. It is a waste of time to take the griffins out.

In addition to fighting, she is also responsible for handling administrative affairs. Even if she recruits some people to help, she can't handle too much.

Xu Lai can only make decisions and give orders at most. The specific implementation plan still has to be left to Yu Lan.

Therefore, he had to ask for help from his family.

After being assassinated last night, Xu Lai asked Lena for help. There are really not enough manpower.

Lionheart City is located in the center of the continent, and there are many unliberated demon cities around it.

Even if Tahan rushed to Lionheart City day and night, he couldn't enter the city immediately after arriving. He had to defeat the demons in the nearby cities first.

Moreover, although their speed was not slow, they could not go in a straight line. They had to take many detours. It was absolutely a luxury to arrive in one or two days.

The teleportation array in Lionheart City could not be used. The only thing Xu Lai could rely on was the air unit.

The one who came was the dragon knight Eric, but he was just a driver, responsible for delivering Xu Lai's other assistant Jilong Martell.

There was also a team of Pegasus knights, Eddard and Silver Wing, who came together. They were all elves rescued by Xu Lai from the wilderness.

Sir Eric came and went in a hurry, and he had to rush back to lead the army.

In order to deliver Jilong Martell, he was the only 9th-level dragon knight.

In the second half of the night and the whole morning, they kept rushing on the road, and even the dragon knights were a little tired.

The appearance of the dragon knight Eric once again brought a huge shock to the people of Lionheart City.

The only dragon knight in the empire for hundreds of years, his reputation was so great that the local nobles had to confer him a knighthood.

Even the common people in the capital had heard of him.

Such a powerful knight, who refused a higher title because he was unwilling to work for the nobles, now turned to Xu Lai.

Xu Lai's prestige has really increased a lot with the dragon knight's fame.

It's a pity that the Lord of Hell, Kerrigan, exploded and shattered himself. Otherwise, if he could hang Kerrigan's head, his prestige would have been enough.

The appearance of the dragon knight also attracted great attention from the old nobles.

These people closed the door tightly, and all the men in the family, as long as they could hold weapons, rushed to the sentry tower to stand guard.

The family members and servants at home seized every opportunity to help their masters pack their property.

They were worried all day, but the result was thunder and rain.

As the chief of public security, Aiden was busy cremating and moving the bodies all day.

The only thing he did in the assassination case was perhaps the dozens of notices posted.

When the clerks were so busy, they could help copy so many notices, which could not be regarded as not paying attention.

However, the notice only said that people were encouraged to provide clues. If the clues were true, there would be a huge reward.

There was also this reason why everyone locked the door and locked the courtyard.

They thought they were doing something very secretive, but the servants and housekeepers at home might not have discovered it, and some of the killers were even contacted by these people.

Now, everyone can see that these old nobles are already in decline, and it is inevitable that some people will have other ideas.

The empire still abides by the rule of law, and Xu Lai, as the king of the Eagle Kingdom, is even less likely to break the law.

Therefore, no matter whether they are sure whether Xu Lai has known about it, they can't leave any handle on Xu Lai anyway.

In fact, Xu Lai has no time to take care of them at all.

After the arrival of the Pegasus Knights, it can be regarded as a great help to Xu Lai.

Ed is responsible for leading the Royal Griffins to attack everywhere, taking over some of Yu Lan's work, and deterring the ambitious elements in the city.

Silver Wing took the remaining dozen Pegasus Knights and wandered around.

That's right, wandering.

Whether it's going to the maintenance point of the teleportation array or to the mansions of the major old nobles, it's just wandering.

Silver Wing and those Pegasus Knights looked young, but they were actually hundreds of years old and had rich experience.

Did the wizards slack off, did they embezzle, did the old nobles collude privately, or did they do something small?

Even if Silver Wing and the others could not find out, they could still make the other party tremble with fear.

Anyway, Xu Lai focused on one thing: if he did not have an easy life, others would not have an easy life either.

Jilong's arrival completely liberated Yu Lan.

He was unable to bring helpers this time, but he was also experienced, especially since he had helped Xu Lai deal with many chores.

As soon as Jilong arrived, Xu Lai appointed him as a civil affairs officer.

As the capital of the empire, the civil affairs officer of Lionheart City was no lower than that of the city lord in other places.

After becoming a civil affairs officer, Jilong took over all the people's livelihood affairs.

Unlike Yu Lan, he did not let the non-workers idle, but assigned them tasks and forced them to work.

Of course, the labor intensity was not high, just moving broken stones, sweeping garbage and so on.

In the next few days, he picked out all the people who could read and write.

After picking these people out, the first thing Jilong had to do was to re-register everyone.

It was not known whether the old household registration book of Lionheart City could be found. Even if it could be found, after experiencing such a disaster, nine out of ten houses were empty and had no practical significance.

Besides, it was the household registration book of the old empire after all. Now that it has been replaced by the Eagle Kingdom, it is natural to redistribute housing and land. (End of this chapter)